Fifteen minutes to get back to fun

Fifteen Minutes----

Getting back to having fun in the garden....... with all the weeds, all the dead plants to cut back or pull out, how can my garden ever be fun again?

If you are feeling overwhelmed or burned out by your garden, try spending just 15 minutes out there everyday for the next week. Take time to just look---there are amazing things to see that we often are just too busy to notice. Snip off a flower head and cut into it---you'll be amazed at the complexity of the little seed factory inside. Watch the bees buzzing by and finding food. Sit still for a moment and you might hear a humming bird whiz by. Listen for birds, frogs, squirrels, crickets and other living creatures who are out there everyday enjoying your garden. Or listen for the other sounds that surround your garden----your neighbors working in their yards, children laughing, summer radios softly playing in the distance.....

Meander a little bit, allow yourself to just enjoy it as it is. But get out there everyday, just for fun, just for 15 minutes. The joy will come back as you remember why you started to garden in the first place.